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¨.~†§%§§§§                                          §§§§%§†~.¨
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¨.~†§%§¶##                   rails                  ##¶§%§†~.¨
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¨.~†§%§¶##                                          ##¶§%§†~.¨
¨¨¨¨.††§§§ §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ §§§††.¨¨¨¨
¨.~†§%§###                                          ###§%§†~.¨
¨.~†§%§### §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ###§%§†~.¨
¨.~†§%§¶##                                          ##¶§%§†~.¨
¨.~††§§%%¶                                          ¶%%§§††~.¨
¨.~†§%§¶## trains  are  so  constructed  that  they ##¶§%§†~.¨
¨.~†§%§§¶# have to follow a set path. this path  is #¶§§%§†~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.†%¶# called a "railway",  which is  comprised #¶%†.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~§§%¶ of two  metal rails, hence its nickname. ¶%§§~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.†§§#                                          #§§†.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.†§§§ because  the  low  friction  between the §§§†.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~†§%§¶## wheels of  the train and the rail metal, ##¶§%§†~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~§%¶ there are limits  for how acute a  curve ¶%§~.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.†%¶ can  be, and even  more so for  how much ¶%†.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~†§%§¶## the   ground  under  the  rails  can  be ##¶§%§†~.¨
¨¨¨..†%%%§ sloped. thus a railway  is often not led §%%%†..¨¨¨
.~†§%§¶### on top of hills,  rather through them in ###¶§%§†~.
¨.~†§%§¶## tunnels  (if   they   are   large),   or ##¶§%§†~.¨
¨.~†§%§¶##            artificial chasms.            ##¶§%§†~.¨
¨.~†§%§¶##                                          ##¶§%§†~.¨
¨.~†§%§¶## there will be  trees on  the side of the ##¶§%§†~.¨
¨¨¨...†%§¶ rails, but not  too  close, or they will ¶§%†...¨¨¨
¨.~†§%§¶## be cut down  by  the  railway  janitors. ##¶§%§†~.¨
¨.~†§%§§§# there will  be  plains,  and  bodies  of #§§§%§†~.¨
¨¨¨...~§§§                  water.                  §§§~...¨¨¨
¨.~†§%§¶##                                          ##¶§%§†~.¨
¨.~†§%§¶¶¶ trains go by  day and  by  night.  along ¶¶¶§%§†~.¨
¨.~†§%§¶##      the way, there is information       ##¶§%§†~.¨
¨.~†§%§¶## scattered,  often  put on  top of poles, ##¶§%§†~.¨
¨¨¨¨~†%%%§ to be  interpreted by the train drivers. §%%%†~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.†%%¶ different  parts  of  the  railway  have ¶%%†.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~§§§#          different speed limits.         #§§§~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~~~§%§#                                          #§%§~~~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~§§¶¶ sometimes, trains have  to stop and wait ¶¶§§~¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~†§%§¶## for something  to happen, far away. this ##¶§%§†~.¨
¨.~†§%%%¶¶ is  signaled  by  red  or green  lights. ¶¶%%%§†~.¨
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¨.~†§%§¶##                 §§§§§§§§                 ##¶§%§†~.¨
¨.~†§%§¶##                                          ##¶§%§†~.¨
¨.~†§%§¶## many people  follow  the rails  by foot. ##¶§%§†~.¨
¨.~†§%§¶## often  this proves  to  be  the  shorter ##¶§%§†~.¨
¨¨¨.†§§%%§ path  between two  points. however  this §%%§§†.¨¨¨
¨.~†§%¶### is  frowned  upon,  and  very   impolite ###¶%§†~.¨
¨.~~~§%§§§         toward the train drivers!        §§§%§~~~.¨
¨.~†§%§¶##                                          ##¶§%§†~.¨
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¨¨¨~†§§%¶#                                          #¶%§§†~¨¨¨
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¨¨¨..~§%¶¶                                          ¶¶%§~..¨¨¨